Bento Delights » General http://www.bentodelights.com My journey into bento lunch boxes Mon, 25 May 2009 01:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Spring called for a Spring Roll Bento http://www.bentodelights.com/2009/05/spring-called-for-a-spring-roll-bento/ http://www.bentodelights.com/2009/05/spring-called-for-a-spring-roll-bento/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 01:52:16 +0000 Bento http://www.bentodelights.com/?p=116 Spring called for a Spring Roll Bento

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Spring called for a Spring Roll BentoCopyright of Bento Delights Everything’s coming up Spring! Ok its coming to summer now but never mind yes? I had a lovely lunch of rice with some vegetable spring rolls. I cut them into half to fit into my bento box and added a dollop of chilli sauce. There [...]]]>
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Rice Wine Chicken in a lunch bentoCopyright of Bento Delights I love rice wine chicken. It is comforting on a cold day and always delicious! The picture isn’t that great, but it was delicious. I heated up some leftover rice wine chicken, added some water to have more sauce and then poached an egg and some vegetables [...]]]>
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Sweet and Sour Bento LunchCopyright of Bento Delights I picked up some sweet and sour pork the evening before from a stall where I really enjoy their sweet and sour pork. They don’t coat the meat with tons only flour, only a light dusting of flour to make it crispy. So the following morning, I heated up [...]]]>
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Lady’s Fingers or Okra are good for lunchCopyright of Bento Delights Here’s a slightly different style of taking photos of my bento. I was tired of the usual aerial look. Lunch this time was rice with some fried chicken. The rice is topped off with some curry sauce (I had no more meat left in [...]]]>
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An Orange in a Bento lunchCopyright of Bento Delights I had some leftover fried chicken and minced prawn on a stick of lemongrass which I had packed from a Balinese restaurant dinner. So, I heated it up and had it with rice flavoured with a dash of furikake. At a loss as to what to use [...]]]>
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What do you use for your bento lunch boxes?Copyright of Bento Delights Much as I’d like to use some of the cute Japanese style stacked bento lunch boxes, I shy away from them for a few reasons:- They are too small – I have a healthy appetite They don’t lock in place – I’m paranoid about [...]]]>
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A protein filled lunch boxCopyright of Bento Delights I enjoyed this lunch tremendously and I hope to replicate it some day. I had fish and some fried chicken with rice topped off with a fried egg. The fish was pan fried with lychee and spring onion – absolutely delicious! The recipe for the pan fried fish [...]]]>
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Can you bring Soup Noodles in a Bento box?Copyright of Bento Delights My answer is Yes you can. However, I don’t personally recommend it after trying it out for myself. This bento box was made with mee hoon (rice vermicelli) boiled in a quick chicken stock in the morning with a poached egg and some fishballs. I [...]]]>
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Fried Chicken and Bittergourd BentoCopyright of Bento Delights I know that the bittergourd is not everyone’s idea of a favourite vegetable but I like it! This bento was prepared in the morning with a quick sitrfry of thinly sliced bittergourd with egg and bonito flakes . I was surprised at how quick it was to prepare! I [...]]]>
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Rice with Stirfried Arrowroot and meat and watercress soupCopyright of Bento Delights During the Chinese New Year, arrowroot or nga ku is in abundance. Many people slice them and deep fry them into chips. I like them stirfried with lean meat. So, when I made them for dinner one day I made sure to have some [...]]]>
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